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Your question makes an assumption that if a woman says no it must be because she views that career choice as having less value than others. This simply may not be a true assumption. First, there are many jobs in the trades that pay much better than “white collar” jobs.

I personally wouldn’t have a problem with my guy doing blue collar work. On the other hand it is highly unlikely that he would ever choose it on his own. If you took a look at a personality inventory of people choosing between blue collar or white collar work you will likely find a strong correlation between certain personality types and certain job types when the person is freely selecting between the two. Therefore, I find it highly unlikely that I would become involved with some working in the trades but if my guy wanted to do that then I’m cool with it. So I guess my answer is both yes and no.

I've worked in both the trades and engineering for a number of years each. Yes, there are different personalities, but I think that's more on the surface. I don't think it's that certain personalities choose one or the other so much as the work itself affects them. Rough work can harden a person. Working in an environment like many of the trades can socialize you in different ways. Like the saying "cussing like a sailor". I think it's the environment that causes that more than a cussing type of person choosing that work.

There are a LOT of people who used to work in offices, some in fairly high positions, who switch over to construction work for health reasons, exercise, fresh air, and less office politics. Office workers need to find some kind of stress relief. Construction workers don't need it, because the work itself is stress relief.

No, I went down the degree route, but I work alongside a lot of guys who either do or have done these kinds of jobs.

I worked out what my plumber's daily rate must be, based on what he charged me, and when I asked him, I'd underestimated it quite considerably. I'm on a good rate from him because I put a lot of work his way.

Also, there's long term job security with something like that, unless you get sick or injured, and can't work. There's no way they can mechanise it, and farm your job out to a robot. Factory workers are more vulnerable to that.

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Nope, the only problem I’d have with it would be the long shifts and the laundry and they aren’t deal breakers. I live in a mining town, so many of our friends and family work blue collar jobs, hubby is the only one in his family that doesn’t. It’s a hard and exhausting industry

by the way, those saying they want ambitious and career orientated? My brother in law was on six figures by the time he was 22 and has only gone up... how many guys working in an office get that even with a uni degree?

Who would build our buildings, railroads, freeways, even fix our cars. We need men who are good in these jobs. And anyone who says they do it because they are lazy about getting an education are wrong. It takes a lot of learning and hard work to do these jobs.

Depends. The actual reality is, if the two of us were able to support our lifestyle together, there is no legit reason he cannot work a blue collar job or that I would not want him to. Secondarily, perhaps if he is working that job on the way to taking college courses, or moving up in the world to make ends meet until he can get a better job, again, no problems with that.

However, if the situation were that both he and I could not comfortably afford to live on our salaries, I would be hard pressed to say, there is nothing wrong with that situation or his job because struggling to pay bills is a thing I've had to do for years in my younger days, and I have no intention of going back to that if I can help it. I would expect if I had some job that also could not sustain us, that he too would want me to find something that paid the bills. There is nothing to say that if our situation changed, that he could not then go back to the blue collar job if he really did love it and it was his passion, but if you can't keep the lights on together, that's a problem.

If it's a job that he enjoys and is fine with his own income, I won't have a problem. However, if he came home every night stressed and angry because the job doesn't fulfill him, and would complain about money and stuff, I would try to motivate him to aim higher, not because of me, but for him.

I wouldn't care at all. Everyone has to start somewhere. College wasn't an option for many of us right out of high school. My guy worked at a factory for probably 15 years. Started at the bottom and ended as a plant manager making 75k a year. A hard days work keeps you humble 😘

The company ended up going under due to the economy and shifting needs of the customers vs the products they offered.

My Husband is a very good Brick and Blocklayer.. has his own company with 4 bricklayers and a labourer employed.. i love that he can create. i love that he's good with tools and machinery. i love that he's tough as nails rough around the edges and that he works hard everyday

I agree. My guy is a diesel mechanic. But he didn't learn going to school. He learned in the field. He doesn't make as much as those who went to school even tho he is more experienced and knows his shit unfortunately. But he's happy and good at it. We survive and that's all that matters. And he saves us a lot knowing how to fix our cars.

There's seems to be a lot of misconceptions of blue collar jobs. In reality it has plenty of pros, you could make a lot of fucking money and logically makes more sense then going for a bachelors. Blue collar jobs are hard work and develop strong work ethic, have full health benifts and good retirement plans. You rely on yourself and instead of sitting down all day you remain active stay healthy and fit.

With out a degree straight out of H. S you could be making average American wage. Within 4-6 years moving your way up the ranks you could easily be making more then 100k a year. Once those kids with the bachelors move on to the real world there 200k in debt and your already making twice as much as them.

A manger at the Oakland port makes between 12-15k a month! With no degree required, why would I go to college 4-6 years just to possibly make 70-80k a year. So yea those who say they don't want a blue collar guy are just arrogant preppy girls who think with out a degree there's no success.

The health plans with most blue collar jobs are amazing. Thanks to my father being a miner I was able to stay on his health plan until I was 25 and the gave me a summer job working surface maitance that allowed me to pay for tuiton and residence for four years of University. Thanks to that place I was able to get a Bachelors with absolutley no debt. The perks are there.

blue collar job man means that he depends on himself he does all the work at home himself he dosn't like to hire people to do any work at home he is very active , hardworking problems solver and healthy

Working construction is completely different from working in a factory or assembly line. Construction is something that people have to study for years, and the only people that do it is people that actually enjoy it. But seriously, in construction you have to study architecture, geometry, actual construction, and so much more. Construction is a very rigorous career

It's kind of odd that many people think those kinds of jobs don't take much intelligence. There are actually plenty of people with BA or MA degree that can't do most of those kinds of jobs.Hell, a lot of people with an MA degree can't even figure out how to change the plugs and wires on a car correctly, or patch a wall so it looks as good as new.

The job isn't as important as the earnings. The vast majority of women in the west expect to marry up, regardless of how much they make to begin with. In fact, the more educated and privileged a woman is, the more she expects to marry someone who makes more than her.

@YcleptLove Well duh. That's what all women expect. The problem is, the women who make a decent amount of money have made their pickings VERY slim, given that only a select few men make more than them. Essentially, if they all expect to marry up, 75% of those women are going to wind up unmarried. Expectations vs. reality.